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Rubén Darío ; edited with an introduction by Ilan Stavans ; translated by Andrew Hurley, Greg Simon, and Steven F. White

(Penguin books, . Literature)(Penguin classics)

Penguin, c2005

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"Suggestions for further reading": p. [lv]-lix

Includes index

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Description

Born in Nicaragua, Ruben Dario is known as the consummate leader of the Modernista movement, an esthetic trend that swept the Americas from Mexico to Argentina at the end of the nineteenth century. Seeking a language and a style that would distinguish the newly emergent nations from the old imperial power of Spain, Dario's writing offered a refreshingly new vision of the world - an artistic sensibility at once cosmopolitan and connected to the rhythms of nature. The first part of this collection presents Dario's most significant poems in a bilingual format and organized thematically in the way Dario himself envisioned them. The second part is devoted to Dario's prose, including short stories, fables, profiles, travel writing, reportage, opinion pieces, and letters. A sweeping biographical introduction by distinguished critic Ilan Stavans places Dario in historical and artistic context, not only in Latin America but in world literature.

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  • NCID
    BA74678060
  • ISBN
    • 9780143039365
  • LCCN
    2005045224
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    engspa
  • Original Language Code
    spa
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    lxii, 667 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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